Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Bulls under 400lbs 14.00 to 16.00 higher, over 400lbs steady; Feeder Heifers under 400lbs 17.00 to 20.00 higher, over 400lbs steady; Slaughter Cows 10.00 to 12.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Quality good, Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.51/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −161.31 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$231.51

26 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,222

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$27.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.54

vs TN average

−49.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	250.64	1,290	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	534	223.01	1,190	18thin

One grade step is worth $27.63/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.07, low $318.98, median $392.82 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

231.51

—

TN average10 barns · 386 hd

238.05

−6.54

National average40 barns · 6,153 hd

280.90

−49.39

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−161.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,540	149.53	2,303	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,341	126.55	1,697	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,357	123.25	1,673	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,228	109.66	1,347	29

Every lot, as filed

82 lots · USDA AMS · Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	216.26/cwt	212.50–220.00	1,520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	788	181.26/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,428	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	214.91/cwt	195.00–225.00	1,354	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	191.69/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	337.50/cwt	325.00–350.00	962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	267.93/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	152.49/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	265.07/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	335.26/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,237	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	302.24/cwt	255.00–325.00	1,112	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	419	227.46/cwt	200.00–250.00	953	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	213.33/cwt	190.00–225.00	1,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	372	274.07/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,020	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	707	173.33/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,225	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	850	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	252.46/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	288.69/cwt	255.00–310.00	788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	236.36/cwt	202.50–250.00	1,246	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	629	209.87/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,320	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	208.34/cwt	185.00–240.00	1,223	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	278.02/cwt	225.00–315.00	759	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	202.83/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,345	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	214.50/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	226.28/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,174	13
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	505	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	244.12/cwt	232.50–250.00	1,145	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	332	305.40/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,014	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	264.04/cwt	225.00–290.00	1,262	7
Bulls	—	—	1,653	152.32/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,518	7
Bulls	—	—	1,344	134.89/cwt	125.00–141.00	1,813	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,318	118.78/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,566	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	108.79/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,296	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	126.22/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,725	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	124.20/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,598	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,208	112.42/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,358	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	138.30/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,950	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	114.36/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,528	13
Bulls	—	—	1,604	160.90/cwt	159.00–166.00	2,581	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,474	134.92/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,989	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	97.84/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,179	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	324	284.17/cwt	260.00–310.00	921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	205.77/cwt	190.00–222.50	1,389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	260.02/cwt	217.50–295.00	1,095	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	358.27/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,010	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	269.99/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	302.50/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	313.80/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	349.42/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	470	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	318.94/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,027	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	304.60/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,109	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	245.02/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,264	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	266.22/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	258.84/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,470	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	302.67/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,317	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	265.01/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,132	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	211.88/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	240.70/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,497	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	328	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,132	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	260.04/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,233	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	2

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

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